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Photograph of an outdoor serving scene at an ashram. On the right, a long-haired man in orange cloth with a bare back and shoulder sits on a brass-framed seat, scooping rice from a large steel bowl with a ladle; he appears to be the a person, based on the long swept-back hair and his seated, central role at the serving. Beside him on the left, a shaved-headed smiling monk in orange robes with rudraksha beads sits on the floor with a small steel plate. Behind them, people in white kurtas and orange robes stand near a wooden doorway, and a steel tray of food sits on the red-tiled step.

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A photograph of an annadan food-serving scene at an ashram doorway. Several people in orange and saffron robes serve cooked rice from large steel bowls and trays. A kneeling man in orange robes leans forward toward a bowl at lower left, while a bare-chested man with long dark curly hair and an orange cloth on the right holds a ladle over a steel bowl. A woman in white smiles in the background behind a hanging brass ornament, and a person in white stands at the doorway with a red mat and a red-trimmed step. Many devotees and attendants wear white and orange, with brass vessels and a hanging lamp-like fixture visible.2006-08-17A photograph of a seated sannyasi on a red-cushioned wooden swing with brass chains, shirtless with an orange cloth wrap, long swept-back dark hair, and a rudraksha-style dark bead necklace. He is taking food from a large steel plate of yellow rice. Beside him a woman in a white top with an orange shawl and glasses holds the plate, and in the background two young women in orange robes sit on red steps near a steel bucket and a bowl. A wooden door, red window frame and garden plants are behind them. The seated man has long hair and distinctive adornments, a person cue, but identity is uncertain from appearance alone. Printed copyright and source text is overlaid at right.2006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17A seated man with long dark wavy hair and bare upper torso, wrapped in orange cloth, sits on a red-cushioned wooden swing bench and peels a yellow fruit held in his hands. Beside him a woman in white with an orange shawl and glasses holds a large steel bowl of yellow rice, while a second bowl of rice sits on the steps. Behind them, a young woman in orange robes smiles and holds a steel plate, and a young man in orange sits cross-legged on the left holding a plate. Orange cloths lie folded on the red-tiled floor, and the setting is a white-walled ashram entrance with a wooden door and red window frame.2006-08-17A photo of a monastic meal at the ashram. On the right, a young man with long dark hair and an orange saffron wrap sits on an ornate brass-and-wood chair with a red cushion, holding a piece of food. Beside him, a woman in glasses, a white top and an orange shawl serves from a steel bucket with a ladle, and steel bowls of rice and food sit on the red steps. Other people in orange robes sit on the left, one holding a plate and another tending orange cloth on the floor, in front of a wooden door.2006-08-17Photograph of ashram life on a covered step by a wooden door. A long-haired young person in orange robes sits on a red-cushioned wooden swing with brass chain fittings, reaching into a large steel bowl of rice held by a woman in an orange shawl over white clothes and glasses. Another orange-robed person sits at left beside a steel bowl and a steel pot, and a red-cushioned seat and potted plant sit at right. The scene appears to show food being served or shared among monastic trainees.2006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17A photograph on a covered porch step at an ashram. A woman in a white top with an orange shawl and glasses holds a large steel bowl of yellow rice and offers food to a seated figure in orange robes on a swing bench with carved wooden armrests and chains. The seated figure has long, curly dark hair, is bare-chested beneath an orange wrap, and holds a piece of yellow fruit. Behind them, a young woman in orange sits beside a steel tumbler and a bowl of food. A seated person in orange sits at the left edge with a small steel plate, and orange cloth lies on the floor in the foreground. A red painted door and red-framed window are behind them, with green shrubs visible outside.2006-08-17A photograph of a seated man with long dark hair and an orange cloth wrapped over his bare upper body, sitting on a wooden swing-seat with red cushion and brass chain supports. He holds a large steel bowl of cooked rice and vegetables, and appears to be serving or receiving food. To his left, a man in orange cloth holds a steel plate of food. Two women, one in white with orange shawl and glasses, another in white, sit beside them while serving food from steel vessels. Behind them are a red-framed door, a wall painting of dancing figures, hanging lanterns, potted plants and a terracotta pot. Red-brown floor tiles and small red onions lie in the foreground.2006-08-17A photograph of a monastic training setting outdoors on a tiled verandah. In the foreground a young man in saffron-orange robes kneels and sweeps a bamboo stick across a mat, while another person in orange wrapped cloth lies prone on the floor. To the right a bare-shouldered figure in orange drape sits on a red-cushioned wooden seat with a brass-and-wood stand beside them, with a brass plate of grains nearby. Behind, young women in orange and white sit on the steps near steel bowls of grains and a red-doored entrance, with green foliage beyond. Several people in white clothing are partly visible at the edges.2006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17